The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-26
BRIC-A.BRAC,


She cared not how the world rolled on, -
She rolled on roller skates.
Too thin-Shadow soup.
"Let me reflect" said the mirror.
Cut on the bias-The guillotine.
Standard goods-Silk and bunting.
Up in arms-The squalling infant at mid
night.
Highest approbation-Applause from the
gallery.
A countersign-"This lot marked down
below cost"
Sword d-fshery-Striving for promotion
in the army.
Can butchers shop be called a joint
concern?
England wants peace--a piece of all the
world.
The proper dessert for an undertaken
Berry pie.
The average longevity In Russia Is only
26 years.
A promising young man-One who gets
his clothing on credit.
1t is the manufacturing chemist who al
ways has retort ready.
In some parts of China the missionaries
travel in wheelbarrows.
Only the sublimity of cheek can rise to
the grandeur Of luck.
If silence Is golden, what bonanza q
deaf and dumb asylum must be.
1t is somewhat paradoxical that the man
who does the least talking in Congress Is
called the Speaker.
a young man can run through his prop
erty very quickly if it is only common
house-lot
A poor, thoughtless old gentleman sat
down, the other day, on the spur of the
moment. His screams were frightful.
Dry toast may be well enough for break
| fast, but dinner toasts should be buttcred
with fine words.
When miner has been eaten by griz.
| Zly the Western people speak of him as be-
ing admitted to the bur-
A lady, joking about her nose, said, 81
| had nothing to do with shaping it. 1t was
birthday present"
Fathcr-l never imagined your studies
would cost me so much money. Student
Yes, and don't study much either.
| A. correspondent wants to know if bees
ever lose their temper. We can't say, but
we are positive their stings don't
| A little boy said he would rather have
the carache than the toothache, because he
wasn't compelled 70 have his ear pulled.
Steaming white wood and submitting it
to an end pressure ren',crs 1t 80 tough, It Is
said, rs to require cold citiiioc! to split it.
Heaven is q very big place, else It would
be crowded by hanged men who lit We gone
there directly from the gallows.
The happy man who is blest will nll-
merous wife and daughters knows W hat is
meant by the sweet buy and buy.
The sting of the bee is only one thirty
second of an inch long; 1t is said to be only
imagination that makes 1t seem as long as q
| chandlc.
y contemporary mentions case beyond
the ordinary oculist 1t is that of young
lady who, instead of q pupil, has a profes-
sor in her eye.
The fellow who thinks his girl perfect
| jewel discovers some flaws in her after
marriage, even If it's only false-hair or cold
| feet.
1t seems no moro than right that men
shonld seize Time by the forclock, for the
rude old fellow sooner or later pulls all
their hair out.
The man who was hugged by grizzly
| remarked, on heing rescued, that he had
never had such q tremendous pressure
| brought TO bear upon him before.
1t has been discovered why man going
fishing always carries bottle with him II
| is in order that he may have the cork to
use us Il float for his lines.
| Loaded to the muZzle. "What Is this
man charged WITH" asked the Mayor.
| "With whisky, yer Honor" replied the
scntentious policeman.
| Il hear" said Mrs. Fishwhackcr, "that
| Mr.. Willows son took the diploma at Yale
last year. l always said that Yale was an
unhealthy cityr'
Why is the chain of evidence in favor of
the Evolution theory thought to be hardly
strong enough as yet? Probably because
Of the missing link.
In Burmah editors receive elephants IN
payment for subscription. In this country
the paper itself is about all the elephant the
editor cares to keep in stock
rednoscd gentleman asked q wit
whether he believed in spirits CAV, sir. -
replied he, looking him full in the face, ii
| sec too much evidence before me to doubt
| that"
You will seldom see a saddcr face than
the face of him who wears the anxious
look of one who has loaned a lead pencil
and IS momcntarily expecting that it will
not be returned
One Of the illiterate who chad call to
Pic"Gh recently set his congregation on
the broad grin at the close Of a hammer
and-tongs sermon, by requesting them to
''sing the Socldologcr"
SSDon't look at your boy when he is
speaking," writes father. "It cmbar
rasses him when he is explaining how he
happened to be in school and out PLAYING
| ball at the same time"
How is business to,night?" was the oues
ton asked at the box office of a theatre
"Wcll, was the reply, 1.-THE house is half
iuli, The stage manager half full and the
leading comedian is full to overllowing"
A plate has been discovered on which n
pie can q be baked without burning while
the mistress of the house is finishing her
novel and the cook IS having q few last
words with the policeman.
The force of habit is fully illustrated in
Illc case OF retlred milkman, who says he
never sees q can of water without b0vin~
milk in it. P'' "0'''o